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Description

Loran Silverbeasts move quickly and can cover vast distances with their lunge attacks. They have high physical defense, but extremely low health and are weak against fire. They also take extra damage from serrated weapons, such as the Saw Spear. These strange foes use basic combo attacks with their claws and torches when bipedal, and much faster forward lunges and claw swipes while on all fours; they can also mix their parasite attacks into their melee combos and will try to force you to abandon your attack chains using their Electric Burst. Their claws extend to well over a meter in length when they swipe at you, giving their swings much longer reach than the length of their arms; be sure to take this into account when dodging their attacks.

Silverbeasts begin in their torch stance nearly every time you encounter them, and will switch to the unarmed stance when their health drops below 50%. In either stance, they can't attack directly behind themselves, making this the safest place to stand. Only the Silverbeasts in the Nightmare of Mensis will use their parasite attacks and Bile Spray. They will chase Pungent Blood Cocktails and are susceptible, though highly resistant, to poison. Beware that the Silverbeasts in the Nightmare of Mensis will spew out two Parasite Larvae upon death, unless the finishing blow was dealt by a fire attack or visceral attack.

Strategy

Fire attacks are the fastest way to eliminate Loran Silverbeasts, especially in the Nightmare of Mensis to prevent Parasite Larvae from bursting out of their corpses upon defeat. Use Fire Paper if your weapon allows it, or consider the Flamesprayer or the Hunter's Torch for the task. These foes can be interrupted and staggered, but doing so is difficult and largely impractical without Pungent Blood Cocktails; very few of their attacks are slow enough to reliably interrupt and the best opportunities to stagger them require you to get past their flame breath or forward leaps. Try to stay a short distance behind them in melee combat, especially when they switch to their unarmed stance; the hitbox of their unarmed lunge attack covers their entire body and lasts for the duration of the lunge, placing you at high risk of being hit if you stand too close, either beside or in front of them.

Blood Gem Drop Table [Nightmare Frontier, common-max]

Gem

Shape

Rating

Primary Effect

Secondary Effect

Tempering Blood Gemstone (2)

Waning

7

Physical ATK UP +7.3%

Fire Blood Gemstone (2)

Waning

7

Fire ATK UP +7.3%

Pulsing Blood Gemstone (2)

Waning

6

HP continues to recover+1

Bolt Blood Gemstone (2)

Waning

7

Bolt ATK UP +7.3%

Murky Blood Gemstone (2)

Waning

7

Add slow poison effect +4.9

Blood Gem Drop Table [Nightmare of Mensis, common-max]

Gem

Shape

Rating

Primary Effect

Secondary Effect

Dirty Damp Blood Gem (4)

Waning

13

Add rapid poison effect +9.6

Pulsing Damp Blood Gem (5)

Waning

14

HP continues to recover +2

Bolt Damp Blood Gem (4)

Radial

13

Bolt ATK UP +12.1%

Bolt Damp Blood Gem (5)

Waning

14

Bolt ATK UP +12.6%

Tempering Damp Blood Gem (5)

Waning

14

Physical ATK UP +12.6%

Fire Damp Blood Gem (5)

Waning

14

Fire ATK UP +12.6%

Murky Damp Blood Gem (4)

Radial

13

Add slow poison effect +8

Murky Damp Blood Gem (5)

Triangle

14

Add slow poison effect +8.4

Murky Damp Blood Gem (5)

Waning

14

Add slow poison effect +8.4

Radial and Triangle are out of shape (OOS)

Notes

During Loran Silverbeast grab attack animation, damage can NOT be reduced by repeatedly pressing buttons (mashing).